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Old 06-04-2007   #1501
gia0202
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this is very odd. considering obesity affects 5x as many as anoreixa/bulimia, you would think that healthy role models to stop peopel from gourging would be an issue. if models were affecting hte average woman so much--- 30 percent wouldn't be OBESE. i think that skinny models are not nearly as big for a problem as diabetes, heart disease, and all the other side effects of overeating.
according to world health org's standards, the average model, with a bmi of 16.5, sufffers form mild to moderate thinness. on top of that, fo rtheir age, they are only mildly underweight--if at all. teh average women is not mildly overweight.